Haunted House Weekend!

People who say, "I'm too old for that" are absolutely out of their minds! I'm gonna hang onto my childhood forever. 

This past weekend, I went to a Haunted House with some pals, and it was the MOST FUN. (Plus, Kristin had a coupon! Yay for cheap fun!) Not gonna like, I planned to be brave...

Fail.

It's Spring...

And you know what that means...

Bryant Park will soon be releasing their Summer Film Festival schedule!! Hooray! This may be one of my *favorite* New York City events. I'm like a child waiting for a candy shop to open.

Dear Time Warner Cable - please add this nice young lady to your V.I.P. list. I want to be the first to know!!

(photo via bryantpark.org)

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Alix and I have been making serious attempts to eat in more often... It's difficult to spend $10 dollars on a meal at a restaurant, when you can come home and spend zip... and still have something good...

Well, because of our crazyyyy schedules, we haven't been to the grocery store in several days, so we were forced to get creative with what we had...

Hello, Stuffed Bell Peppers...

We sliced the tops of green bell peppers and emptied out all the seeds...

At the same time, we boiled pasta (small shells) and sausage...

We mixed the cooked sausage and pasta together and started stuffing...

We made a layer of pasta and sausage, then a layer of mozzarella cheese...

After we stuffed these peppers to the brim...

We tossed the left over pasta around the border so it could bake as well...

We baked the stuffed peppers for about 20 minutes at 350. We weren't looking to totally toast them... Because bell peppers are normally eaten raw anyway and the pasta and sausage had already been cooked, we really wanted the cheese to melt and give the pasta a little crispiness while heating up the peppers...

Amazinggggg!

Best Burgers and Shakes

Ok, Hell's Kitchen burger joint - that's awfully bold of you...

Located on 46th street between 9th and 10th sits a little hole in the wall - "Best Burgers and Shakes." It's precious. Once you pop inside, several tables are backed up against the wall and a small counter guards the kitchen. It's not a gourmet restaurant, but it definitely gets the job done. The price is right and it screams "neighborhood quality and originality." About being the best... Welllllll. Sort of. Nonetheless, their presentation is pretty fabulous. Check out the size of this monster...

Summer Film Festival

Last night, we attended the Summer Film Festival at Bryant Park. They showed The Magnificent Seven (for free!). What an amazing experience! Hundreds of people gathered at the park, camped out on blankets with sandwiches and cocktails. The humidity was kind of killer in the beginning, but as soon as the sun dove behind the skyscrapers, the wind kicked up and blew some cool air through the crowd.

the moon is made of cheese

"come on get happy." - judy garland

today, katrina and i decided to treat ourselves to pedicures at nails by deca on spring street. after sitting down in the plush massage chairs, she so generously passed vogue over to me so i could peruse while being pampered. i stumbled across a truly divine advertisement. get happy. consider it done, vogue. consider. it. done. 

as we sat in the window to let our nails dry, we began discussing the insults previously paid to me by the nail tech (seriously). simply by chance, we happened to glance out the window to see a familiar face walk by deca. 

dead serious. no joke. i am not lying. we looked at each other... and then i bolted. i ran down the stairs to the street to see mike myers crossing the street. i tried to follow him, in true stalker style, but i lost him in the crowd. bummer. nonetheless, it was pretty darn sweet. i returned to deca to join katrina back at the window. can we discuss how crazy it is that we happened to look out the window at the perfect time to see a big-timer walk by? nutty. totally by chance and totally nutty. 

anyhoo, we galavanted through flatiron and gramercy while staring up at the big buildings. we acknowledged how infrequently we look up. so, i made it a goal to appreciate the high-risers of the city while we walked around. 

after returning to home-base, we decided it would be pretty cool to join in on the west side story lottery in an attempt to get tickets for the show tonight. we stood outside the theatre, entered our names and patiently awaited the results. eh, better luck next time, i s'pose. 

what to do? we're all about saving some dinero. so, we took the 1 train downtown to south ferry where we jumped on the staten island ferry. the weather was truly ideal for such an activity, and lady lib really glistened in the spring air.